"mad cow" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mad cows [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} mad cow (usually uncountable, plural mad cows)
  1. (uncountable, by ellipsis) Mad cow disease; bovine spongiform encephalopathy. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Diseases
    Sense id: en-mad_cow-en-noun-rOGdv5VZ Disambiguation of Diseases: 47 43 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 7 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 68 16 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 80 10 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 85 7 7 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 71 15 15
  2. (countable) A cow afflicted with mad cow disease. Tags: countable, usually Categories (topical): Diseases Translations (cow afflicted with mad cow disease): vache folle (French)
    Sense id: en-mad_cow-en-noun-QMeeEz3j Disambiguation of Diseases: 47 43 10 Disambiguation of 'cow afflicted with mad cow disease': 29 67 3
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mad, cow. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Diseases
    Sense id: en-mad_cow-en-noun-wwlaiV2G Disambiguation of Diseases: 47 43 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (mad cow disease): maladie de la vache folle (French), vache folle (French)
Disambiguation of 'mad cow disease': 53 43 4

Inflected forms

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